Considerations for Evaluating Older Adults with Cancer for Depression: A Qualitative Survey of Experts.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to engage national experts in geriatric psychiatry and oncology in qualitative interviews to develop consensus regarding how older adult cancer survivors (OACS) experience depressive symptoms, and how best to assess OACs for depression.

Methods: Expert clinicians in geriatric oncology disciplines were interviewed about approaches to assessing depression in OACs. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed, and conducted until thematic saturation was achieved.

Promoting Resilience and Flourishing Among Older Adult Residents in Community Living: A Feasibility Study.

Background And Objectives: The Stress Management and Relaxation Training-Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP) is a mind-body group intervention that integrates relaxation training with cognitive behavioral and positive psychology techniques. This study assessed SMART-3RP feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy for enhancing resilience and flourishing among older adults in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs).

Research Design And Methods: We conducted a prospective single-arm study of SMART-3RP groups delivered by clinicians at 4 CCRCs (n = 80).

Preoperative ultrasound for the diagnosis of thyroglossal duct cysts: A validation study.

Objectives: To evaluate the use of ultrasound to distinguish between thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) and dermoid cysts (DC) for surgical planning. To validate the SIST (septae + irregular wall + solid components = TGDC) scoring system proposed by Oyewumi et al. [1].

Acute abdominal pain in children: usefulness of three-view abdominal radiographs in the emergency department.

Diagnostic imaging is often an integral component in the workup of a pediatric patient with acute abdominal pain. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of a three-view acute abdominal series (AAS) with that of a single supine view (SSV) in children with acute abdominal pain. All subjects aged ≤18 years that underwent an emergency three-view AAS examination for acute abdominal pain at a single urban hospital system were included.

Postsurgical diaphragmatic herniation: A rare delayed complication of pediatric intraabdominal surgery.

Spontaneous diaphragmatic herniation as a delayed complication of intraabdominal surgery is an exceedingly rare event in children with few cases reported in the literature. Almost all reported cases are on the right side and followed liver transplantation surgery. We present two pediatric cases of spontaneous diaphragmatic herniation as complications of two different abdominal surgeries: pancreatic pseudocyst resection with splenectomy and liver transplantation.

Apical pressure created during irrigation with the GentleWave™ system compared to conventional syringe irrigation.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare pressures at the apical foramen created by conventional syringe irrigation and the GentleWave™ System, which releases high-velocity degassed irrigants to the pulp chamber and uses broad-spectrum sound energy for cleaning.

Materials And Methods: The apical pressure generated during irrigation was measured for palatal and distobuccal root canals of four extracted maxillary molars after no instrumentation, minimal instrumentation to a size #15/.04, instrumentation to a size #40/.

Identification of possible factors impacting dental students' ability to locate MB2 canals in maxillary molars.

This study examined the effect of the access size and straight-line path of access on third-year dental students' ability to locate a second mesiobuccal (MB2) canal in maxillary first and second molars. One hundred and six third-year dental students at one Faculty of Dentistry performed simulated root canal treatment with the aid of 2x magnification loupes on extracted teeth. A postgraduate endodontic student subsequently made a reasonable search for an untreated MB2 canal with the aid of a dental operating microscope.

Apical pressure and extent of irrigant flow beyond the needle tip during positive-pressure irrigation in an in vitro root canal model.

Introduction: This study aimed to measure the pressure generated during positive-pressure irrigation at the periapex of an in vitro tooth model using a novel method of measurement, investigating the effect of flow rate and needle design. Apical pressure was correlated with the extent of dye clearance from the end of a needle tip in a plastic root canal model with similar dimensions.

Methods: The mesiobuccal canal of a mandibular molar was instrumented to #35/06 and placed into a chamber coupled to a pressure transducer.

Successful treatment of dermatomyositis during pregnancy with intravenous immunoglobulin monotherapy.

Background: Dermatomyositis is rare during pregnancy and, if untreated, is associated with poor fetal outcome. Corticosteroids are a standard treatment for dermatomyositis in pregnancy, but they have adverse effects. Intravenous immune globulin is an effective therapy for this condition and may have few adverse effects.

Identification of a novel maturation mechanism and restricted substrate specificity for the SspB cysteine protease of Staphylococcus aureus.

The SspB cysteine protease of Staphylococcus aureus is expressed in an operon, flanked by the sspA serine protease, and sspC, encoding a 12.9-kDa protein of unknown function. SspB was expressed as a 40-kDa prepropeptide pSspB, which did not undergo autocatalytic maturation.